Life Style Denver by Gretchen Faber

Denver’s Washington Park Garden Tour 2011 – A Feast for the Senses

We love to garden in Denver.  There are garden tours in nearly every area of town this time of year. This weekend in Denver, we have an especially nice Garden tour in the treasure of a neighborhood we call Wash Park.  The Washington Park Garden Tour is a benefit for the Denver Hospice, so mark your calendars for June 18th. Featuring 10 gardens, each with a different personality, the garden tour will be a particularly pleasant way to spend Saturday afternoon. You...Continue Reading!

Mortgage Modification Help in Denver This Weekend

From today through Monday, June 13th, the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America is at the Colorado Convention Center. Stop by the convention center between 8 am and 8 pm if you're a Denver area homeowner and need financial relief by modifying your mortgage.  NACA is on a multi-city tour they're calling the "Save the Dream Tour" in an effort to help troubled homeowners save their dream of owning a home and making their payments.  Their web site provides more information. Meanwhile, blame...Continue Reading!

Free Ice Cream Today in Denver!

Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. ~Don Kardong Ahh, Ben & Jerry's. The stuff of many a late-night pig out session.  Luckily, it comes in pints, and not just half gallons. For today only, it's free at local Denver Ben & Jerry's shops.  And there happens to be a shop just down the street from us!  I'll be a happy camper today. Stop into any of the locations for your free cone from noon to 8 p.m.  Ben & Jerry's...Continue Reading!

LifeStyle Denver Takes an Overnight Detour to Winter Park

Lovely Colorado.  You never can tell what's going to drop in on you. We like to rhetorically say about the weather this time of year, "Well, it IS springtime in the Rockies..." Yesterday began as a typically busy Wednesday.  Sales meeting, then tour, then a broker open house.  Afterward, I ran the leftovers to a friend who had severely sprained her wrist and bruised her face in a fall outside AT & T.  (Note to AT & T: why would you put...Continue Reading!

Denver Calling – Why London Can’t Match Denver’s Lifestyle

Denver, Colorado, USA.  A great place to live and a fabulous opportunity for anyone moving here. The 80's band The Clash sang about London Calling.  I may have danced to that song in college, but I danced in Denver.  Denver is a marvelous place to live and work, and now is a great time for buying a home in here. In Denver, property values are lower than  London.  A lot lower!  We may not have Big Ben or the Changing of the...Continue Reading!

Gretchen Faber Presents 2600 South Madison – University Park

You’ll find all of today’s modern conveniences in this 2005 custom-built home.  Observatory Park is among Denver’s most popular neighborhoods and boasts leafy trees, quiet walks, parks and paths – you’ll be thrilled to call this house home. Every element of this outstanding home was designed with today’s lifestyle in mind.  The main floor is open, roomy and wraps around the dramatic central stairway.  Each room is large and comfy. The modern kitchen is complete with slab granite counters, high-end finishes,...Continue Reading!

Denver Colorado Real Estate | October 2010 Market Statistics

Geesh!  Another month has gone by. October was an interesting month in Denver's real estate market and in Denver.  We continued our glorious Indian summer and home sales seemed to pick up in my office, The Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek. When the monthly statistics were released today by our MLS, I was a little surprised by some of the numbers.  I was particularly interested to see that prices have risen some since last year and last month.  There has definitely been...Continue Reading!

Help ~ We Can’t Find A Good House!

I'm working with a lovely family who is relocating to Denver in a few weeks.  We can't find them the right house and their move date is looming. They want to be here and settled by December. After a 4 1/2 day marathon of 56 houses, we kind of narrowed it down to two possibilities. These buyers are looking in a fairly significant price point.  Not uber high-end, but enough to buy a very nice home in a very nice location. Theirs...Continue Reading!

Gretchen Faber’s International Real Estate Interview

BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Gretchen Faber. She is the managing broker for Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek. Gretchen thanks for being with us. Gretchen Faber: Hi, Dan. BrokerIPTV: Lets talk about international real estate, because when people say international real estate they think like Milan or Germany, but does Denver have kind of an international component to it? Gretchen Faber: Well, at Denver and Colorado we have buyers from all over the world, many from eastern Asia, from India, a lot...Continue Reading!

3 Open House Requirements

It's time to hold an open house and your real estate broker has scheduled the date and time. You may not realize that there are a few essential preparations you need to be making prior to that day. 1) Clean as if your life depended on it. My sister and her husband called me recently as they left an open house. They'd admired this home for a few years, and when it was finally held open, they were excited to see...Continue Reading!